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anyone ever use dry ice on a dent?
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Loquacious
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c'mon...everybody knows dry ice is for making bombs, not removing dents!
Mark
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Or quick chilling beer,,,BTW happy birthday Mark 
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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Check Pants
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Quote:
c'mon...everybody knows dry ice is for making bombs, not removing dents!
....and for baiting mosquito traps, it's the CO2 man. Also quite useful keeping sheep samples frozen in transit, but that's another story  
jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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Complete Newb
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I tried it once on a kawasaki tank. It was a very small indentation. Searched the internet and found several ways to do it but nothing worked. I covered the dent with dry ice until the tank was frosted then put a heat gun on it but no go. Another way I read was to heat the dent first then sray an inverted computer duster on it to make it pop. Don't know if this works. After trying to fix the dent I realized the inside was badly rusted. I also had a bad dent in the front fender of my harley. The lone 2x4 in my shed decided to jump on the bike and made a sharp 3" crease in the fender,not breaking the paint. A local dent doctor got the dent out. It was amazing the job he did. Would never know there was ever a dent.
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Yeah, my brother gave me a lecture on how it was done.
He's now in a wheelchair, but has built more Triumphs,cars and other stuff than I can count.
Wear leather gloves to prevent burns.
Use masking tape, and just tape a piece of dry ice over the dent until there's no more ice.
Supposedly it shrinks the metal.
Mary
Krashdagon aka Snappy
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Sorry Mary, but I HAVE to ask...Is your brother being in a wheelchair nowdays the result of some dry ice/dent removal process gone bad or what?! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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